Media Box for Linux

So, Sean, my co-worker decided that he wanted to archive all his movies in a NAS and watch them streaming through his home network. Then he changed his mind and decided that he wants it to handle downloads and I am sure the next thing is that he wants it to be like a sling box. Or at least it will be when he reads this

So, I am toying around with creating a software package for Linux/Mac that will allow you to manage videos, music, and photos locally and clustered to NAS arrays that will allow you to watch uncompressed or compressed on the fly movies via direct access or a web interface. It will also have a built in torrent downloader and an indexer that will allow you to quickly and easily find media on the cluster. It will also support multiple users and roles so that you can let you friends in to download and upload things with disk and bandwidth quotas.

And there you have it. Its only an idea at this point and I won’t be able to do it alone so if anyone that happens upon this blog can help, shoot me an email or IM.

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